Speed vs Roads Eye
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Speed
Transform your device into a stylish GPS speedometer with unique steampunk-inspired gauges. Track your speed in real-time, monitor trip data, and view live weather and navigation information.
- Steampunk-inspired analog and digital speedometer displays
- Live weather updates
- Navigational compass
- Trip computer with distance, average, and max speed
- Location sharing with Apple Maps link
- Apple Watch companion app
- Customizable speed units and appearance
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Your speed, with character. Speed-O-Meter Pro brings glowing Nixie-style digits and a brass-trimmed analog dial to a GPS speedometer for iPhone and Apple Watch. See your speed at a glance, follow your trip statistics, and keep the final numbers when you finish. CHOOSE YOUR DASHBOARD Switch between digital and analog displays, choose mph or km/h, and use light, dark, or system appearance on iPhone. Portrait and landscape layouts keep the dashboard readable in either orientation. KEEP YOUR TRIPS Start a trip, pause when you need a break, and resume later. Finish while recording or paused to save a summary of distance, recorded time, average speed, and maximum speed. Browse up to 100 saved trips on each device and share completed summaries from iPhone. BRING IT TO APPLE WATCH Choose an analog dial or a digital dashboard with speed, trip distance, recorded time, temperature, and humidity. Record with Watch GPS and synchronize trip state and recent completed summaries with your paired iPhone when connectivity is available. TRIP CONTROLS ON APPLE WATCH Start: switch to the digital dashboard using the style button at the bottom right. Tap either the trip distance or elapsed-time tile to start a new trip when none is in progress. You can then switch back to the analog dial while recording. Pause and resume: in digital mode, tap either trip tile to pause the current trip. Tap again to resume the same trip with its existing statistics. Trip details: on either dashboard, tap the clock with a circular arrow near the top left to open Trips, then select your current trip. Scroll down for Pause trip or Resume trip and Finish and save. In digital mode, you can also press and hold either trip tile to open the current trip's details directly. Finish: tap Finish and save in the trip details to end the trip and keep its summary. You can finish while recording or paused. To review it later, open Trips and select it under Saved Trips. Start your next trip from the digital dashboard. MORE AT A GLANCE The iPhone dashboard includes a compass, GPS status, temperature, conditions, humidity, rain chance, and wind. Choose Celsius or Fahrenheit separately from speed units. Weather is provided by Apple Weather when a location and network connection are available. PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF An interrupted locally recorded trip can reopen paused with its saved statistics. Trip summaries are stored on your devices; they do not include a recorded GPS route. Trips started on Apple Watch can record in the background. Pause stops recorded time and distance but keeps Location ready for remote Resume, using some battery. Finish ends background Location. After an app restart, open the Watch app once to restore Location before resuming the recovered paused trip. iPhone trip recording requires the iPhone app to remain active. GPS accuracy depends on your device and reception. The digital display shows zero without valid GPS speed; check the GPS status indicator. All three tubes stay visible. The device where you start a trip remains its recorder. Keep both apps updated to control it from the other device. Buttons show progress while waiting for confirmation, including when the Watch is in the background. Delivery may be delayed; unprocessed requests expire after 30 seconds. If confirmation fails, check the recording app before retrying, and open it if prompted. The Apple Watch label beside the iPhone's speed-unit selector identifies the trip recorder; a muted dot means its latest update is delayed. A temporary disconnection does not transfer recording to the other device. The app is free with ads. No ads appear on the Apple Watch dashboard.
Roads Eye
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Roads Eye lets you turn your phone into a smart dashcam, so you do not need to buy an expensive dedicated device. By using your phone together with built-in features and in-car integration, the app helps you record and manage your journeys in a simple and practical way. The app is available in English (US), English, Chinese, Hindi, Spanish, Arabic, French, Bengali, Portuguese, Indonesian, Urdu, German, Japanese, Nigerian Pidgin, Vietnamese, Turkish, and Polish. The app can record the road while also capturing the map view and driver camera in Picture in Picture, giving you a more complete view of every trip. It also supports incident recording, so important moments can be saved quickly when something unexpected happens. Roads Eye combines video recording with live navigation, helping you follow your route while documenting your drive at the same time. In-car features extend navigation into your vehicle for a more convenient driving experience. Roads Eye keeps a trip history, making it easy to review previous drives and access saved recordings later. You can store images and recordings on your phone and easily share them with friends when needed. The app also includes heat control and phone temperature management features designed to help maintain stable performance during longer recording sessions. With settings for personalization and organized storage for trips and incidents, Roads Eye is designed for drivers who want better documentation, navigation support, and a practical way to keep track of every journey. Warning: Roads Eye is provided as a driver assistance and recording tool only. It does not replace safe driving practices, your full attention, or your responsibility to comply with all traffic laws and regulations. Always operate your vehicle with caution and use the app only in a lawful and safe manner. Do not interact with the app while driving unless it is safe and legally permitted to do so. Recording, storing, and sharing video, audio, images, location data, or driver-facing footage may be subject to local privacy, surveillance, and consent laws, and it is your responsibility to understand and follow those laws in your region. Availability of in-car features and certain app functions may vary depending on your vehicle, device, iOS version, permissions, hardware limitations, and local regulations. Extended recording, navigation, charging, camera use, and wireless connections may increase battery usage and device temperature. Although Roads Eye includes heat control and iPhone temperature management features, performance may be reduced or recording may stop if the device overheats or system conditions require it. Always mount your phone securely, keep your view of the road unobstructed, and review recordings only when your vehicle is parked safely.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Speed at Free against Roads Eye's $5.99. Speed also leads on iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.4). Roads Eye's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Speed is free to download; Roads Eye costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Speed | Roads Eye |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 26.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ALEX ALEKSEYEV | Mikolaj Adamowicz |
In-app purchases
Speed
No in-app purchases
Roads Eye
No in-app purchases







